Study "guesstimated" how many cancers would have occurred without mammography screening

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; TRENDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84913529049     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6824     Document Type: Letter

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